G20 Agriculture ministers announced June 23 at a G20 meeting in Paris that the group would remain supportive of biofuels policies.
New Energy Corp., a South Bend, Ind., ethanol plant that started operating in 1984 and now has a capacity of 102 MMgy, is up for sale and 25 percent of its workforce will be laid off.
Coskata awards EPC contract to Fagen, Harris Group
By Coskata
June 23, 2011
Coskata Inc. announced today that it has issued a letter of intent with Fagen Inc. for engineering, procurement and construction services for the construction of its commercial cellulosic ethanol facility in Boligee, Ala.
Pacific Ethanol won't be delisted off NASDAQ stock listing
By Pacific Ethanol Inc.
June 23, 2011
Pacific Ethanol, Inc. a marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States, announced June 23 that it regained compliance with a NASDAQ listing rule that requires companies to stay above $1.
Chile holds promise for US coproduct exports
By U.S. Grains Council
June 23, 2011
Upon completion of a recent U.S. Grains Council market assessment in Chile, staff and consultants concluded that Chile could easily import up to 1 million metric tons of U.S. corn products including DDGS and corn gluten.
The Alliance for Green Heat is holding a free public symposium in Washington D.C. July 13 at the U.S. Forest Service's Yates Training Room to address residential wood and pellet heating.
Koda Energy in Shakopee, Minn., says it has eliminated labor-intensive air lancing in the biomass boiler ash cleaning process, opting to install a series of air cannons developed by Martin Engineering.
This year's Pellet Fuels Institute Annual Conference will revisit the Sawgrass Marriott in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., and will include for the first time an educational session dedicated to the organization's new wood pellet standards.
If legislation introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is approved, the CFTC will finally have to take more serious measures to stop oil speculation. The measure is expected to put speculators in check, and help drivers at the pump.
On June 20 in Washington, D.C., the nation's environmental regulatory agency, in conjunction with the American Chemical Society, honored Genomatica and BioAmber with the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for their technology developments.
Genencor, a division of Danisco A/S, announced the release of a new enzyme product, Accellerase TRIO, designed so biorefinery companies can more cost-effectively manufacture cellulosic fuels from a wide range of feedstocks, including MSW.
Norway and the U.K. are looking for opportunities in the biorefining industry, and the two countries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the hopes that they can find those synergies together. A recent report lays it all out.
Why don't gas engine and equipment makers support ethanol like the Diesel Technology Forum supports renewable diesel and biodiesel?
Genencor, a division of Danisco A/S, announced it is now marketing the fourth installment of its trademarked Accellerase line of enzymes, designed to further improve the production of cellulosic ethanol and biochemicals from non-food feedstocks.
In a bipartisan act introduced in the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee June 22, eight legislators call for additional time for the U.S. EPA to fix the Maximum Achievable Control Technology Rules, which have been temporarily suspended.
Quad County Corn Processors, Galva, Iowa, received a $1.45 million grant from the Iowa Power Fund to assist in constructing a bolt-on cellulosic production facility that could increase the 30 MMgy plant's yield by 2.5 MMgy.
Ethanol industry to recognize outstanding contributors at FEW
By Kris Bevill, Holly Jessen
June 22, 2011
Bruce Dale and Rick Tolman will be recognized for their work on behalf of the ethanol industry at the 2011 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo in Indianapolis, June 27-30.
Motiva announces new rail yard in Port Everglades Terminal
By Motiva Enterprises LLC
June 22, 2011
Motiva Enterprises LLC announced they have reached an agreement with Vecenergy to construct a fuel grade ethanol rail offloading facility at the Motiva Port Everglades, Fla., terminal.
A plan to produce more lysine and threonine, both amino acids, at Archer Daniels Midland Co.'s plant in Decatur, Ill., won't mean changes on the ethanol side.
Report says biomass crops can enhance anaerobic digestion.
As demand increases, wood pellets could be the next global commodity.
A well-known company in the European waste disposal industry will embark on a project in Germany, supplying the equipment to convert raw industrial waste material into about 3 megawatts of electricity for 6,000 households in the town of Marl.
In a bipartisan act introduced in the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee June 22, eight legislators called for additional time for the U.S. EPA to fix the Maximum Achievable Control Technology Rules, which have been temporarily suspended.
Forest Service awards $3 million for renewable energy projects
By USDA
June 22, 2011
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the award of nearly $3 million in grants to 17 small businesses and community groups to develop wood-to-energy projects that require engineering services and will help expand regional economies and create new jobs.
Los Angeles planning new waste-to-energy plant
By Anna Austin
June 22, 2011
Although it's still early in the planning process, Los Angeles has made a significant step forward in the development of a new waste-to-energy facility.
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